PortobelloAntiqueClocks
Boulle tortoise shell Mantel Clock
Regular price
£1,400.00
Sale price
£1,600.00
Tax included.
A beautiful and rare gilt brass-mounted boulle mantel timepiece
Second quarter 19th Century
The case of shaped outline, inlaid with cut brass and tortoiseshell, with pierced and engraved hinged back door, the 3in. gilt engraved dial with Roman chapters, the chain fusée movement with shaped plates, maintaining power and later escapement mounted on the backplate, with a Georgian period pierced watch cock. 23cm high
Second quarter 19th Century
The case of shaped outline, inlaid with cut brass and tortoiseshell, with pierced and engraved hinged back door, the 3in. gilt engraved dial with Roman chapters, the chain fusée movement with shaped plates, maintaining power and later escapement mounted on the backplate, with a Georgian period pierced watch cock. 23cm high